Description
5 Red Stars from James Halliday and Tasmania’s Winery and Pinot Noir Producer of the Year in 2012, Pooley is also Tasmania’s first and only fully accredited Environmentally Certified Sustainable Vineyard in Tasmania.
Established in 1985, the Cooinda Vale vineyard north of Campania is ideally positioned facing northeast overlooking the Coal River in southern Tasmania. On the 43.5 Latitude line, the vineyard is planted on northeast facing slopes at 130m above sea level. This is a unique microclimatic location, being well protected from prevailing winds but still highly influenced by maritime conditions. The long growing season, which can extend into May, with high sunshine hours, predominately winter rainfall and the occasional frost and snow, combine to provide an excellent condition for cool climate grape varieties, such as Pinot Noir, Pinot Grigio, Riesling and Chardonnay. The soils are Brown-Black dermosol subsoil, high in acid (associated with alluvial plains and river terraces) over decaying sandstone, with friable clay subsoil. Because of the sloping aspect, the drainage is excellent.
Extraordinary single vineyard chardonnay made by Anna Pooley. This used to go into Penfolds Yatarna chardonnay but now bottle the wine separately as the quality is so high off this exceptional site. Treat yourself to this magnificent cool climate chardonnay
From the winery: “A classic from Cooinda Vale the 2018 vintage screams elegance and finesse.
The nose is bright with lemon, vanilla, toast, white peach and cashew. The palate is long and complex, carries racy grapefruit acidity while holding a creamy texture, pristine citrus, cashew, toasty spice and a mineral finish.
The structure, length, line and power of this wine is phenomenal. It displays the character and complexity of Cooinda Vale and has the potential for a long and rewarding cellar life.”
96 points, Jane Faulkner for Halliday’s Wine Companion “Now isn’t this a funky number. It’s flinty and fabulous. A balanced combo of stone fruit, citrus, kaffir lime with oak spices and a fluffy cream curd. So moreish, savoury and while flavoursome, it is ethereal with a gossamer thread of acidity linking it all. Wow.”
95+ points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front “Matchstick, ginger biscuits, lime and white peach, kiss of vanilla oak, and white flowers. It’s cool, refined, distinctly pure and minerally, not a huge amount of flavour, though what’s there is very appealing. Fine flinty texture, oatmeal and slightly toasty savoury things on a long lemon water-coloured finish. Beautiful thing. Diaphanous. High appeal on the glass to glass measure, but also delight in refinement and style.”
LAST OF THIS VINTAGE … Our Price $66.99
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